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Te Manawa is Palmerston North's Museum of Art, Science and History. In 1996 sculptor, Elizabeth Thomson, was commissioned by the Manawatu Art Gallery Society to create this sculpture paid for by the Gertrude Raikes Bequest. The bronze painted sculptures are a set of four insects.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Mu 16
Date
circa 1996
Digitisation ID
2011P_Mu16_005919
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
326 Main Street, Palmerston North

Object rights

License
Attribution + NonCommercial

Taxonomy

Tags
1960s,
buildings,
colour,
insects,
manawatu art gallery,
photographs,
sculpture,
te manawa,
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